On a very serious note!

I just received an email message from a friend who sent information about the Swine Flu. My previous blog posted just a few minutes ago did not take on a serious note the situation we have in our world today. Although there a many websites with information, click here for one website which is quite informative

Also, with my friend's email message, she passed along these statics for today. I am sure there will be more states added and the numbers increased by week's end.

Are there human infections with swine flu in the U.S. ?

There are 66 reported confirmed cases in the u. s. with one recent death of a 23 month old in Texas .
1-Ohio
1- Indiana
2 Kansas
6 Texas
11 California
45 New York

Please take good care!

"Bless me Father, for I have sinned - I am a coward!"

I guess that title should have gotten some attention and admittedly, I am a coward!!!! I realized that this afternoon when hubby and I sit down to watch Fox News with Bret Baier, I just couldn't take it anymore - I walked out of the room, and stayed out until the panel came on. I listened to Charles Krauthammer and that was all. I don't want to hear it - Obama this and Obama that - it's annoying that our President can't look straight into the camera and actually talk to the audience. I've wondered if he doesn't ever get a stiff neck from all the head turning.

Then this Spector deal - defector! What is wrong with these people? We're too conservative, that's not his problem, no he's afraid he'll lose the election to a Democrat, so hey, lets change parties. Oh yeah, "we're all so proud to have him in our party, Obama and Biden says." Well sure you would be, duh! It's really embarrassing to watch these boys jump ship, all for what! I sure hope the real Republicans are watching and learning something from this! Oh, and Mr. Spector, I heard there's a younger guy going to run against you in the Democratic race for Senator in Pennsylvania. Hmmm, do you have a chance against him?

We're fighting the hard fight this time around - I guess it's our payback because of Bush winning both terms for president and the Dems are now doing the La-De-Da dance and having a blast! I am giving up watching the news for Lent, oh, can't - Lent is over, well, I'll find a good reason. Maybe I'll just wait until it's Obama's 110th day in office and all the fun fare has passed.

And, another thing - I think it's funnier that anything Al Franken has ever said as a joke - our new Homeland Security Secretary has changed the name from Swine Flu to F11 or Ctrl-Atl-Delete or something alpha-numerical , how silly is that! I remember years ago when we had a situation with black birds being a huge problem for the livestock on farms in the Midwest, I don't remember the Agriculture Department giving the black birds a new title. Actually, this administration is into creating new titles for everything. We have a new title for a war that wasn't according to the Obama administration. That's so totally weird! It does take away the importance of issues that do matter, maybe that's their purpose in changing what was to what their perception is! I will say this, even though Secretary Janet A. Napolitano has changed the name of the flu but when I did a google search, I don't find any reference to the "numbers and letters" type of title to which the administration has named the Swine Flu.

Laughable? She's enjoying her spotlight too much.

Doesn't it seem like our Secretary of State is having too much fun? Notice, the people in the shot behind here aren't laughing! Odd, I don't think I have ever seen her in this state of euphoria, ever! Oh, I did see a photo of her when Chavez gave President Obama his book and they shook hands. Secretary of State Clinton was sitting right behind President Obama and she was yucking it up big time! And here she is again! Where has this new found sense of humor come from, certainly no where was this humor apparent in her appearances with her husband.

She appeared on Capitol Hill before the committee discussing Cheney and the issue of water boarding. She appears in this photo to be enjoying her point of view that she shared with the committee.

In view of her recent verbal blunders and inappropriate comments by Secretary of State Clinton, we could be forming less that acceptable opinions about her abilities to perform her duties.

The Democats have had a witch hunt on for Bush and Cheney since Bush was elected and it was inevitable today with a Democratic strong hold each and every disagreement will be brought to the surface and drug through the mud. How will we survive this ugly mess?

I'm Speechless

They say pictures tell a story - these photos copied from Drudgereport page are worth a thousand words----- I'm not sure I should be scared but I am very intrigued about what the outcome for our country will be and this meeting! Can we really be surprised?

An award for Katie Couric

Why? Even on the tone, basis, organization, and presentation there was no clear cut message in that interview with Sarah Palin. Sarah came out a loser, or did she? I guess it is one of those "she said-she said" deals depending on which side of the political street you are on. Why an award for such an onerous interview with classic shenanigans and tactics of manipulation? Is this the best Ms. Couric could do? Or, is this another slam from the Left-Wing media to put down a rising star in the Republican Party. I have not watched Ms. Couric in years, have no desire to watch her, in fact after the interview with Governor Palin I have absolutely no respect for Katie Couric as an interviewer.

It was reported there were questions about abortion rights and Couric would not accept any answer Governnor Palin gave since she was against abortion. Ms. Couric attempted to manipulate Governor Palin's answers but to no avail.

Our country is sadly divided - Media Right and Left. It's not getting any better. President Obama promised he'd work with both sides, no he won't and hasn't. But, there are some Republicans who have forgotten their roots as well, what are we going to do. Elections in 2012 is our day of reckoning.

As for now, we have to deal with the absurdities of the media that put value on a low-life interview of no merit, and we need to move on and strive for better results. Governor Sarah Palin has not let the media do her in, even as they persecute her family and continue to discuss the problems of her daughter and the baby, and other private matters. I know it is not uncommon in this day and age, but is there nothing sacred?

Governor Sarah Palin is the one who should be receiving the Cronkite media award for enduring the poor interviewing tactics of a professional.

The Pizza Man cometh

I know there are many more important issues to discuss, but I wanted to be easy and not so aggressive since this is Holy Saturday and I do need to be nice, really I do. This pizza and White House story is just too big for me to ignore.

First of all, I have to disclose that I know someone who knows the chefs and cooks at the White House very well. In fact, he has sent me photos of some of the staff. Being aware of that business, I know they HAVE to be good at their jobs, I know the background of their training and the competition they go through to keep their job. Remember when Hilliary and Bill came to office, I think Hilliary pretty well cleared everyone out - not so with Michelle. We've all see photos where she is right there in the kitchen with the chefs.

However, when the pizza man Pi came to town with his cheese, special sauce and selected dough packed away in his suitcase, my thought wondered right away how the chef and cooks felt with a new cook in their kitchen. As for me, I'm personally very protective of my cooking space! But, of course, President Obama is their boss, and the team is the top of the line and they are the best in their career. There's none better than those who take care of the President - as it should be! I am sure they relinquished their space but pitched right in and helped where they could - that's protocol.

When I first heard the hoopla on Fox News (it's the only cable news network we watch) the reports were President Obama's choice to pick a pizza man from St. Louis rather than hometown Chicago. There will always be differences of opinion as to where the best pizza maker is, whether its from Philly, St. Louis and Chicago, and New York too. So, President Obama selected a guy named Pi from St. Louis to make pies for his friends last night. I'm not Italian but in southern Ohio we were friends with a LOT of Italians and do have lots of Italian friends today, and I love pizza - especially from Metro Pizza here. But, a guy named Pi? I checked out his website, it looks rather oriental to me - but you be the judge, here's the link. The pizza as per President Obama judgement is very good. I would like to get a poll of opinions from the Pizza Party attendees too.

Well, it was Good Friday for us Catholics and for those that were observing - we don't eat meat on Good Friday. It seemed sort of odd to me after celebrating Passover Seder with the Jewish community on Thursday he would be respectful of the Catholics, couldn't he have put the Pizza Party off one night but oh well, that's just my thinking.

Here's another interesting website I found here - I didn't know existed. It is a web page with all the things President Obama likes, for example, arugula, ick! I wonder if someone created a page of likes and dislikes for President George Bush and Laura - I would be more interested in their food preference especially since President Bush does his entertaining via his bar-b-ques!

My post is shallow today, talking about a pizza man named Pi making pizza for a guy named Obama. I'm not suggesting that Pi's pizza aren't good, because there's some good food in St. Louis, but its an ironic contradiction in my Polish, Irish, German opinion.

What is Chronic Fibb-ulators?

A virus which has attacked the Biden, Obama and Democratic website.

Dear Pres Obama, Why are you picking on Bush?

Yesterday on various news spots there were clips and interviews, comments and opinions about Presiden Bush, VP Cheney by both Presiden Obama, and VP Biden. President Bush couldn't have been nicer to then incoming President Obama as President Bush showed Obama around the White House, included the children and Michelle in several events, and even included Obama in internal matters of business. I personally think President Bush went the extra mile, and in my humble opinion, he wasn't required to but he did so for our country's security.

So why now is Obama and Biden bashing Cheney and Bush? What do they have to gain? The election is over - Obama won! Didn't he? It stresses me out thinking about this mess. Having occasional CRS situations and a lot of age 65 grey matter doesn't help me as I trying to assimilate facts or rationalize how a Democrat may be thinking. Although, that action might fry my brain so perhaps I shouldn't try to think like a Democrat! It occurred to me, perhaps could all this continuance of Bush bashing be a prelude to the 2012 elections? Or, perhaps, could it be President Obama REALLY didn't get the acceptance and recognitions from the leaders at the G20 that he expected?

With regard to the idea of the 2012, you know the Dems are going to have BIG plans for demonizing the Republicans before the election even begins. Pretty soon we'll begin to get the "hats in the ring" for serious runners for the seats in Congress, then the bashing will begin. The well-being and the financial state of our country will set the primary tone for how the Dems will attack. Back to Bush, since he was "supposed" to be the main reason the Democrats won the 2000 election, the Dems don't want the people to forget how "bad" he was, and remind them they don't want another Bush character in any capacity running the government. That's my opinion for one reason they are attacking President Bush and VP Cheney.

President Obama put on his best smile and wore his best clothes to impress everyone on his trip abroad. I noticed he could turn on the smile in a second - and I wondered what the conversation might have been in that split second or if a smile was warranted as a reaction or just for the publicity. Was he being judged for his beautiful teeth and Cheshire Cat expression?

We only heard the MSM's opinion of the aura of the crowds - yes, there was a big turnout in the public appearances, but for the sake of special events, isn't that normal for celebrities, and we all know President Obama is a celebrity. No one can really know what the leaders were thinking and what their opinions of President Obama were - let's face it, every one of the attendees were putting on their best face to impress the other leaders. They were probably too concerned with their own country's well-being than fussing over newcomer President Obama. So, thus brings me to this opinion, IF he wasn't accepted as a Rock Star by the leaders of the countries presiding at the G-20 - accepted as he has been here in the U. S. then of course, it is President George Bush's fault.

President Obama will not take responsibility or accept any other reasonable explanation. He is the One, or so HE thinks. He hasn't accepted the Real One as the Father or the Messiah, in my humble opinion, because if he really in his heart believes in God, then he would be a humble man. His decisions would not be for his benefit. His conceit will be his defeat. Self-serving and blaming when in defeat will begin to show its ugly head after a time. There are some who will never understand this and will forever support him. But, I believe there is a reason for all things. We have been too lax our respect for God, we have allowed the movie mongols and music producers to get by with murder. Only a few have made their voices heard to fight but the masses have stood by. We may not have monetarily supported those businesses, but we have not stopped them.


The news of the Freedom of Children's Act; the recent Eminem video depicting Governor Sarah Palin in a vulgar way; stem cell research; and on and on. The value of life is disintegrating. Our freedoms are being snacked away. Even the facts of Christianity in our Declaration of Independence is being scrutinized. We must make a stand. President Bush may not have made all the right choices, but he respected life and God was his Guiding Light. We need to look ahead a prepare for what the Democrats will try to force on us. I feel sad for my grandchildren because they are the ones who will have to endure what the Obamas and the Democrats do to our Country.

FCC

News I've missed, please check out Rightkliks blog this morning - here. In the blog, there is the news Obama is going to support the missile defense shield. This is good news!


Another good opinion I read this morning was United Conservatives Virginia - here. It was very interesting and created an awareness in areas I hadn't ventured. Please check it out.

I wondered this morning as I contemplated what I would write and how I felt about our country, then I realized the possibility if President Obama so desired he could mandate that my writing and all the other conservative writings be banned. We've read this opinion in other blogs recently but months ago, who would have thought this possible. President Obama has swept into control of our government so quickly, we just didn't see it coming.

How does he and his cohorts get away with it? How can he legally decline taking money from a bank who is PAYING OFF their stimulus loan? Why aren't more people alarmed and doing something about it? He didn't win the election by a popular vote. Where is the outrage - are people so surprised? Shocked?

Is it out of our hands now? Will ACORN play a big part in our census to control the voting districts? What choice do we have..........

Obama declares US not at war with Islam

President Barack Obama, left, smiles at his Turkish counterpart Abdullah


ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Barack Obama, making his first visit to a Muslim nation as president, declared Monday the United States "is not and will never be at war with Islam."

Calling for a greater partnership with the Islamic world in an address to the Turkish parliament, Obama called the country an important U.S. ally in many areas, including the fight against terrorism. He devoted much of his speech to urging a greater bond between Americans and Muslims, portraying terrorist groups such as al Qaida as extremists who did not represent the vast majority of Muslims. "America's relationship with the Muslim world cannot and will not be based on opposition to al Qaida," he said. "We seek broad engagement based upon mutual interests and mutual respect."

The U.S. president is trying to mend fences with a Muslim world that felt it had been blamed by America for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Al Jazeera and Al Arabiyia, two of the biggest Arabic satellite channels, carried Obama's speech live.

"We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over so many centuries to shape the world for the better, including my own country," Obama said.

Please read the complete context of this report here.

We were warned, and we voted - I did NOT vote for Obama. We knew but there are those who obviously didn't realize what they were doing on election day. They were blinded by his smile and his charisma! We are in for the "ride" of our life. Let us pray that God will be with us!

Russia's Medvedev Takes Swing at US

"Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took a hard swing at the U.S. Thursday, suggesting a basket of strong regional currencies should replace the dollar as the world’s reserve money and saying the Kremlin had spent all it would on economic stimulus, according to a translation of his speech to the Group of 20 nations in London this morning.

The speech came just a day after Medvedev not only warmly embraced President Barack Obama but also fixed a date for a July summit in Moscow and promised to make strong, mutual progress on the first new nuclear arms reduction treaty in at least a decade. The currency issue, first broached last month by Chinese President Hu Jintao, didn’t even come up on Wednesday when Hu and Obama met for the first time. That spared Obama a potentially embarrassing moment, with his stimulus policies pushing U.S. government borrowing to record levels."

This was part of a report taken from the Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire, written by Jonathan Weisman from the G-20.on June 2, 2009. You can view the remainder of the article here. Please scroll to the bottom of the Washington Wire page.

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Obama in Prague

I think somebody should tell our President not to make that particular gesture when visiting areas of Europe that were in the Third Reich.

Posted by Fr Longenecker at Sunday, April 05, 2009

My husband wants to know.............

My husband is outside my office window trimming the shrubs. When I opened the window to say "howdy!" he made a horrid face and said "the next time you blog, I want you to ask why people aren't more upset about Obama bowing down to the Saudi Arabia king and why is he apologizing for the behavior of Americans?" I can see my husband now as he makes his way back past my window, and he is still talking to himself. He is angry! He is outraged!

He served proudly in the Air Force and has worked in government service for most our marriage. Our son served in the Army and now our grandson is serving. I've had lots of Aunts and Uncles who have served and one lost his life during W. W. II. My husband believes Obama's actions are a slap in the face to every military person and citizen of this United States.

Why would we put up with such hypocrisy in President Obama's actions? He is not a good example of a true citizen of our country. Both he and Michelle have ideas and beliefs that are not in line with what our founding fathers set for us as Americans, yet they get away with overwhelmingly fawning results. Cheers and glad tidings from Americans who don't seem to know the difference. It's almost like it must be true or okay just because he does it or says it.

The man, Obama, went gun-ho making the changes he wanted only to surprised us, to catch us off guard, because once we woke up, it would be too late, the changes would be made and we would be in too deep. A good example telling our Congress to get the bills sign by Friday because he wanted it done quickly - they didn't even read what they were signing. He waited four days later to pick up the bills on his desk. He was in such a huge hurry! Yeah right! He was fooling them all! He didn't want them to read the ridiculous bills he put in for their approval. He's shrewd. He's smart. He is cunning. He is ruining our country. We will never be the same - change, big time change is a-coming. Unless someone does something.

This is another point and was taken from American Thinker Blog: Update: See Miss Manners on the protocol. Americans do not bow to foreign monarchs because that act signified the monarch's power over his subjects.

Was President Obama telling the Saudi Arabia king that he has power over him? Hmm, I wonder!

Make excuses for moi?????

You have got to be kidding! I can't believe the man who says he is President of the USA, as a guest of another country, makes excuses - and made up excuses at that! Pointing the finger and saying I looked down on my European friends. Sorry, Mr. Obama, but I don't know who you are talking about when you say we Americans have done that sort of things. We have troops in Germany incase you have forgotten and I know for a fact many of our soldiers enjoy their German counterparts very well. And, if you haven't noticed, Mr. Obama, many of us are of European descent. Where are you from, Mr. Obama? Ah, have we seen your real and authentic birth certificate....yet? Who's writing your speeches these days? I think you ought to find a new speech writer because you are getting a lot of bad ratings on the ideas you are pushing.

I don't know where we are going in this country when the man who has been elected President cow-tows up to an audience just for the sake of popularity. It's not a confident person certainly, he must have one thing on his mind and that's his popularity and not the people of the United States of America, well, maybe he's out to help only his little clique perhaps.

We told you, I knew it. I am not impressed with this man. It's going to get worse before it gets better. Republicans, I hope you get your act together, you can do it - you did it with Newt, and you can do it again! We need you NOW before we become the laughing stock of the whole world. And we are no longer the leaders of the world.

Are the Obama's rewriting the rules of Political Protocol?

Yesterday we had the unusual touchie feelie salutation when Michelle gave the Queen a hug and out of respect, the Queen reciprocated. I have wondered for some time and as it was written this couple has no experience in real politics, except on the inside of Chicago. I am sure there is someone in the White House who has "the book" on do and don't for formal events and meetings. Haven't they been doing their job to educate the Obama's? Or, has the Obama's position in the world given them the presence of mind they are invincible and can break the rules on the basis of being friendly at their whim?

The news is the G-20 seems to have been a success. President Obama has been accepted. The old hardliner Bush is out. I think of a fairytale of the inexperienced handsome young man that comes to town mesmerizing his followers with his smile and stories. He empowers others to believe he knows more than anyone else and he believes he can form the world into his oyster and everyone will love him. His followers bow down and kiss his feet because they have been waiting for a young and handsome man with a beautiful smile to follow, someone to take the place of a rancher guy with a Texan accent with a beautiful educated wife, but the Texan wasn't like the people of the land. They thought the new man in town had their qualities, or so they thought. It was later realized that if the people didn't follow him, he'll pass a law to punish them. The leaders of Russia and North Korea are more cunning than all and President Obama may find his mesmerizing illusion smashed into a million pieces.

This photo below illustrates the mindset of our United States of America President Obama -

LOOKS LIKE THE LIB'S BOY WILL BOW TO THE UN NEXT!

The President of the United States of America DOES NOT bow down to the King of Saudi Arabia...unless it's true that Comrade Maobama IS a Muslim and is kowtowing to the head of the wahhabi state of Islamofascism.

This clip and comments were from the Townhall website.

You can take the boy out of the country but you can't take the Muslim out of the boy. We've had some concern with this part of Obama's heritage. Shouldn't we be more skeptical at this point?

A new companion

I copied this cartoon from Townhall.com - thought it was applicable to what our future may look like. I've heard about Government being in your back pocket, but I guess now we'll have President Obama in the seat next to us.

Brent Bozell has a good article on Townhall here. He writes about polls. It has always amazed me how the opinions I read about or hear from TV stations like CNN seem to be so unanimously opposite of mine. I know I can't be that far off when in reality I know if I think a certain way about something, without searching long and hard I find someone else with the same view. How easy is it to slant the opinions of those who succumb to polls? I know it depends on which newspaper or website is asking - conservative or liberal.